Santa Fe Metals has reported the results from the ongoing channel sampling campaign conducted at the Don Indio project in Cuatro Ciénegas.
La Cuchilla Mine
The company completed the channel sampling program at the Pilar Grande mine, where it encountered up to 901 g/t silver and 5.86% copper in the level 2 from channel sample intervals. It intercepted high-grade mineralization of copper, lead, silver and zinc, including 3.55% copper, 14.83% lead, 344 g/t silver and 3.71% zinc, at the La Cuchilla mine that is located around 1.4 km to the southern part along the strike from Pilar Grande mine. A rock sample obtained from the dump material present externally to the La Cuchilla mine, yielded 10.89% copper, 3.80% lead, 478 g/t silver and 3.51% zinc. In addition, sampling results have validated the occurrence of high-grade mineralization of lead, silver and zinc at the San Marcos West mine, which is situated 700 m to the southern potion along the strike from La Cuchilla mine, where the samples yielded 16.87% lead and 239 g/t silver.
Santa Fe Metals will analyze the strike length of more than 7.4 km for copper, lead, molybdenum, silver and zinc mineralization through a channel sampling program at seven sites along the Don Indio project’s western cliff. The company collected 315 channel samples from the El Ojito, La Cuchilla, Pilar Grande, and San Marcos West mines. These results have authenticated the discoveries of Minera Cascabel. Additional exploration by means of surface and underground diamond drill program will test the outcrop between these works, below the cover of the thick talus.
Geological mapping has demonstrated that La Cuchilla and Pilar Grande mineralization is present in the north-south trending layers and perpendicular east-west trending formations. Continuous mineralization potential between the two mines has been validated by mapping.